THE INTERVIEW
There is also Udinese capable of recovering two goals against Juventus in Daniele “Lele” Adani’s ideal football manifesto, where tactics must always merge with courage and the strength of ideas must characterize the pursuit of the game. All distinctive signs that the analyst, with a past as a professional footballer and an even more recent one as a Sky commentator, has distinctly recognized in the stubborn Zebretta, in line with the new commercial of modern football well represented by the collective game of the national team who became champion of Europe. “The people who return to the stadium ask for play and emotions after being excited for Mancini’s Italy at the European Championships, and I believe that on Sunday Udinese really excited their fans with the search for the game and the desire to recover the result” .
Adani, the criticism has put the lens on Juve’s mistakes. What were Udinese’s merits?
«Personally I have seen many, starting with the predisposition to play the game and dribble. Udinese have tried to do more things than Juve and have always done so through the overall game, highlighting a virtue that takes up the work done last year and that you do not always grasp on the first day, especially in the absence of a great interpreter”.
The reference to De Paul is clear …
«Logical, because Rodrigo was the lighthouse, the added value, the man who strengthened and resolved in that team. On Sunday, on the other hand, I saw a Udinese who suffers, makes mistakes and reacts together, and who, despite not having many weapons at their disposal, sought territorial domination. And then I had the confirmation that he knew how to live the difficulties as a mature team, waiting for the right moment to get back into the game in a situation in which it was easier to suffer still than to recover ».
Since we are on the subject, let’s clarify immediately if Pereyra can replace De Paul, and if this research is also legitimate in the eyes of Gotti.
«Pereyra, whom I have known since childhood, is a great footballer who interprets football in a modern and very associative way. Last year he already played well and played with De Paul, so he misses a strong one nearby, and especially if the “Tucu” will do the inside. Playing in this way, you need an attacking midfielder or a second striker who can fill the penalty area, while if he plays under the tip, as in the first half on Sunday, there is a need for further accompaniment of the midfielders and the winger. A bit like Inter did with Genoa, where Sensi played behind Dzeko, but Calhanoglu and Barella came to support. For me Pereyra can score ten goals from under the striker, but he can score as many from the midfielder. It will always depend on how the team raises the center of gravity by involving more players ».
Could that attacking midfielder or second striker to fill the area be Deulofeu?
«Yes, and it was seen in the second half, when it was enough to put the Catalan and Okaka to press and create the conditions for the tie, then having the opportunity to win it with Jajalo, therefore with a midfielder in tow. All moves that confirmed that this Udinese has an identity and that Gotti is good at putting the players in the middle positions, between the lines, in order to facilitate position exchanges ».
According to Adani, is there a need for a first striker?
«In general Udinese will have to increase the danger index in the opposing area: to do this we need a first striker, whether dynamic or physical, but not only. The important thing is that the attacker is functional to the game and to the offensive movement of others. Gotti has many possibilities to work on ».
Looking instead at Udinese from the waist down?
«There have been various bad situations, from Dybala’s opening goal to Morata’s post, to the same non-contested cross from Chiesa on which Ronaldo had scored. Udinese in defense chose to make density and despite this did not fight in situations in which they cannot be delegated, but they were such evident situations, such as some preventive markings in which the slower went on the fastest of Juve, that I they seemed more of carelessness than real tactical errors, so they are the most correctable situations ».
Remaining in defense, Udinese is very close to Argentine Nehuen Perez.
“It is a nice call also because he is my protégé. He is young, but used to being a leader, he was the captain of the Argentine Under 20 national team and he is handsome, very physical and positional, perfect in the three-man defense, even if he played a lot at four. I hope it is completed on a tactical level, but there will be no problems with Gotti ».
Passing in the median, Stryger Larsen is on the way out …
“Larsen is of a higher level and it will be necessary to understand the movements, because it is essential that Udinese continue to emphasize the protagonism of the fifth in midfield, given that it has always been trained on the three strong central players trying to give amplitude with the outside players. trusting in the midst of the setters who know when to do density and when to accompany forward ».
Adani, which Serie A will we see?
“Our league has been very weakened, if we think of the players who started, from central Romero to winger like Hakimi, to strikers like Lukaku, to midfielders like De Paul, to expert coaches like Conte and the best young De Zerbi, but we have the possibility of proposing ideas, rhythm, of having the courage to choose and the type of a game cannot be speculated, because the people who return to the stadium were excited for Mancini’s Italy, which showed that the best team can amaze and win together, and ask for play and emotions. We must do it not with the big players, but with the game and it is valid for every level, even for the small ones who lose equally with the big ones if they don’t play it. Salernitana lost in Bologna where she was winning by playing outnumbered ».
Predictions?
«At the top, Juve are clearly superior, just think that in Udine Ronaldo, Chiesa and Kulusewski got off the bench. Atalanta, who have won and suffered, have the courage of Gasperini who has included the young Lovato and Piccoli, not exactly like putting Ronaldo ».
By the way, the future of CR7 excites the fans.
«My feeling is that Ronaldo expects a more confident investiture from Juve and he also made it clear from the post he made last week, in which he did not mention Juventus. He denied the rumors, he said he is speculating on his name, but he did not say that he is fine with Juve. He talks with the work and the trophies, but I can’t understand if you are claiming an act that removes any misunderstanding. I believe that Ronaldo can stay, but as long as there is total trust in him ». –